Streats, 25 July 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 20 Juty 2001 Mother quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 548 1  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH the labour movement yesterday gave Singaporeans another reason to rejoice tttis National Day. The fireworks will be in the form of a million package to help Singaporeans stretch their dollar and tide v er these tough
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  • morning rush
    • 79 1 SINGAPORE Airlines cancelled two flights to Colombo its daily flight yesterday and the return flight this morning. The cancellations came after Colombo airport came under a fierce, six-hour attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The Tigers, who fought with mortars, explosives and guns, lost
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    • 66 1 SOME 35,000 jobs across the world were axed yesterday, according to BBC Online. Reuters is getting rid of 1,100 jobs, while the Swiss-Swedish group ABB will lay off 12,000 workers. UK electronics and engineering group Invensys plans to cut 2,500 jobs worldwide. US telco Lucent Technologies
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    • 92 1 smet sunmnmtt So Singapore went down 8-1 to the legendary Red Devils. So what? For Indra Sahdan, 22, scorer of Team Singapore's only and historic goal against Man U, it will be a night he will never forget SEE PAGES 22 23 mnminnMlcfl JBJ: The passionate pauper !,haven't got any
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 294 2 SINGAPOREANS see tough times ahead. A Straits Times’ poll of 410 people found that their outlook is as gloomy as it was during the 1997 economic crisis. Nearly three quarters think the job market will get worse in the next quarter, compared to
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    • 209 2  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH THE Economic Aspect Feedback Unit has made some recommendations for Singapore to promote its pro-enterprise spirit and strengthen its pro-business environment to meet the challenges of the New Economy. The unit is made up of a workgroup of about 100 Singaporeans who spent the
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    • 273 2  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER ALTHOUGH more beneficiaries stand to gain from this year’s President’s Challenge, the target amount remains the same as last year’s $3 million. Asked if the current economic situation was a factor, Ms Lim Soo Hoon, permanent secretary at the Ministry
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    • 42 2 onekindact. hotbods I LEFT my wallet behind after I pumped petrol. But I got it back the next day because a kind gentleman quickly returned it to a police post I felt impressed and encouraged by his kindness and honesty.
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    • Sometimes love hurts
      • 233 3  -  Reports by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM She lost her temper after he walked owayfrom on argument HELL hath no fury like a woman scorned. Mr Lim Soy Tee probably hadn’t heard the proverb, for he walked out on his wife while they were having an argument. And
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      • 268 3 MADAM Tan Sin Ching was beaten up by her boyfriend’s son for refusing to hand over cash she says she never took. In September, Lim Kim Soon and his mother Madam Lim Ah Nak, a housewife, went to Madam Tan’s flat at Toa Payoh
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    • 116 3 HANG Wei ChI ou loved to exercise. He enjoyed table tennis and badminton. He was very fit and just 17 years old. But after a night of partying in mid-June, the Malaysian boy, 17, felt sharp pains in his chest. On Monday night,
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    • news scan
      • 101 3  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam AT about 12 noon on June 24, management executive Mr Angus James McDougall, 40, looked through his window as he returned home and saw three men enjoying a drink in his kitchen. Burglars Mohammad Rizal Oonen, 20, and his two accomplices spotted Mr McDougall as
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      • 68 3  -  Karen Chen ROBBERS escaped with about $50,000 from the Tua Pek Kong Chinese temple on Palmer Road on Sunday night. Mr Yang Kunjiang, 51, the caretaker, was grabbed by a man with a knife at about Bpm, Shin Min Daily News reported yesterday. The man and an accomplice
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      • 61 3 THE Police Coast Guard intercepted five Indonesian illegal immigrants in an unlit rowboat off Kusu Island at about lam yesterday. The five men were found to be in possession of more than 1,900 packs of cigarettes with a total street value of $12,800. The five will
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    • 299 5 PUT nearly 5,000 Ml customers together at Suntec City and what do you get? Shouting, swearing and jostling. Talk about bad temper. Really bad temper. The ugly scene took place yesterday as the snaking queue lasted for hours. The crowd
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    • 87 5 Our weather girl says Every cloud has a silver lining. And today's overcast day has one, too the Streats party at Sultan of Swing. So although you might need brollies to shelter you from afternoon thunderstorms, look forward to the real storm tonight. I'll see you there. Temperatures will reach
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    • Just a minute
      • 59 5 From this month Elderly CPF members will enjoy a discount on their Medishield scheme. Those who have been insured continuously under the scheme since the age of 60 or earlier will enjoy a discount in premiums, ranging from $20.40 to $4BO, when they reach 71 years old. More information is
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      • 34 5 THE Pink Slip Party will be held at Newsroom Bar, Robertson Walk, this evening from 6pm. The overwhelming response from readers prompted Straits Times Recruit to change the venue from the original BAR.
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      • 83 5 A local website aims to bring victims of crimes I into contact with eyewitnesses. To put up a plea for witnesses at i witness.com.sg a user I must register and provide I personal details which I will be posted on the I site, so that witnesses can
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 271 6 -Wire services JAKARTA Reality has sunk in for the family of former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid. They have started packing to leave the palace, reports said. But the ex-president, nicknamed Gus Dur, is not budging from his stance that
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    • 133 6 -AFP JAKARTA Newly-appointed Indonesian, President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday said she had no preferences for the next vice-president. “I asked her whether she had any preferences and her answer was that there was none,” said Dr Amien Rais, the chairman of the People’s Assembly. Procedure dictates that anyone
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    • 113 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has agreed to amend the country’s constitution to guarantee equal rights for women, reports said. The amendment will add the word “sex” to the current list of outlawed grounds for discrimination religion, race, descent or place of
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    • weird world
      • 65 9 -AFP SERMONS will benefit from false teeth. That was the advice given by a Johor state assemblyman to the state government on Monday, the New Straits Times reported. Mr Hamzah Ramli, religious affairs committee head, referred to the mumbled preachings of elderly imams. He requested a state
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      • 47 9 Reuters ITCHING powder played a part in defeating the Germans in World War 11. A new book released by the British Public Records Office says that secret agents spread the powder on German soldiers’ bedding, underclothes and contraceptives taken into brothels. -Reuters
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      • 31 9 AP ARNOLD, a pet pig, was recently commended by police for biting and chasing away a robber who entered the Minneapolis apartment of his owner, Ms Becky Moyer. ap
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    • 144 9 Wire services Beijing A Chinese court Yesterday sentenced US-based Scholar Ms Gao Zhan to 10 dears’ jail for espionage, her lawyer Mr Bai Xuebiao said. Ms Gao was arrested in February as she was about to a flight bound for the US her family.
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    • 116 9 Reuters TAIPEI For the second time in two days, Taiwanese VicePresident Annette Lu yesterday urged investors to shun China’s attempts to draw funds away from the island. “(I) urge the business community to keep its roots in Taiwan, keep its heart in Taiwan and
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    • 34 9 evelS; 0’ e 10WEEK SURE-TO-IMPROVE SESSIONS commence 200 Maths English Literature Economics General Papers Emphasis is on the latest examination techniques by experienced lecturers Tel: 225 8030 School 141 Market St #O3-00 AEC Centre
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 365 11 -Wire services COLOMBO Bandaranaike International Airport is one of the most heavily guarded places in the Sri Lankan capital. But that didn’t deter the Tamil rebels the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from launching an attack on it to mark
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    • 161 11 Wire services NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has blamed Pakistan for the stalemate at the recently concluded Agra summit between the two neighbours. “Eventually we had to abandon the quest for a joint document mainly because of Pakistan’s insistence on the ‘settlement’ of
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 1026 12  -  I'm a pauper, says passionate politician JBJeyaretnam, as if poverty were a badge of honour. Now declared a bankrupt and possibly ruled out of the elections, will Singapore see the last of the veteran opposition leader? by SONNY PHUA ANY correspondence to Mr Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, 76,
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  • 3-day STREATS
    • 314 13 by CARA van MIRIAH IT'S finally here Streats’three-day fiesta of food, fun and film begins today. Start the day by being among the first 380 readers to get a delicious Mango Tango Freeze at Coffee Club Xpress, Paragon. Don't reach for your wallet it's
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    • 223 14  - Para para a hit but only in arcades the witch's hour by Cara van Miriah PARA para isn’t a dance at all. It’ll never catch on in discos, say Singapore clubbers. Maybe, but amusement arcades are another thing. You see teenagers flexing their arms furiously, coupled with complicated footwork. No,
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    • 135 17 IT sure looks like Hikaru Utada owes Hongkong star Jackie Chan a favour. The J-pop R&B princess is getting some international recognition after she sang a song for Jackie’s movie, Rush Hour 2. She was recently invited by America’s MTV channel to guest star in the show,
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    • 131 17 /KAREN Mok did it; so did Bai Ling and local actress Cynthia Koh. But not Hongkong actor-singer Leo Ku he would never shave his head. The boyish star who made headlines with his role in QiongYao’s Romance in the Rain is not too keen to star
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV,...
        • 54 17 8.30 pm, TV Works Catch your favourite Man U players as Russell Koh and company give them the third degree on this very special edition. And after the players leave, there’s still more Red Devil action when Russell reviews Best, a movie about one of the team’s
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        • 54 17 10pm, TV Works George calls a psychic, who tells him he will die. He becomes paranoid and bans guns in America. But the NRA strikes outside the White House, and Charlton Heston comes to pick a fight. Meanwhile, Laura tries to find something to take her mind
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        • 61 17 8.30 pm, Channel U Takeshi is in charge of a teacher recruitment ad that uses Apple Pie’s Ms Chong (Kym Ng) as the model. But the progress of the ad is delayed as Ms Chong comtemplates resignation. What will Takeshi do to make her complete the ad? This rounds
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        • 49 17 10pm, Central In Marseilles, France, pizza delivery guy Daniel makes a career switch to become a taxi driver. Caught for speeding, he ends up helping Emilien, an inspector, to capture German bank robbers in order to keep his licence and job. Produced by La Femme Nikita’s Luc Besson.
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 187 19 LONDON Arsenal last night claimed victory in the war against player power when it revealed that Patrick Vieira has agreed to see out his contract at Highbury. The France midfielder had been expected to join the list of high-profile rebels by leaving Highbury after declaring his
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      • 98 19 •SOCCER Reuters LONDON Chelsea has agreed to sell French defender Frank Leboeuf to Olympique Marseille, the Premier League club said yesterday. Leboeuf, who has spent five years at Stamford Bridge, is flying to the south of France to open talks with the French club. The centre-back
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      • 150 19 •CYCLING Reuters PAU, France Tour de France leader Lance Armstrong has defended his relationship with controversial Italian doctor Michele Ferrari, and said that he would continue to work with him unless Ferrari was convicted of doping offences. During an hour-long grilling from reporters on Monday’s rest day,
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      • BASKETBALL
        • 48 19 Reuters NEW YORK Shooting guard Allan Houston became the highest paid player in New York Knicks history in a US$lOO million ($lB2 million) contract. The new deal eclipses the team’s previous richest contract, the four-year, US$6B million deal center Patrick Ewing signed in 1997. -Reuters
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        • 100 19 -AFP SHANGHAI-A fight between players also got the crowd involved after China’s 87-76 victory over Lebanon at the 21st Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship in Shanghai. Emotions on both sides boiled over after the final buzzer, with China’s Zhang Cheng and Lebanon’s Walid El-Domiati exchanging punches and
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      • 364 20 -AFP MANIZALES, Colombia It was billed as a David versus Goliath battle. And, just as in the biblical version, the underdog had its day here on Monday as little Honduras sensationally dumped holder Brazil out of the Copa America. The Hondurans
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      • 291 21 -AP FUKUOKA, Japan Sixteen-year-old American Michael Phelps joined lan Thorpe in the world record rush at the world swimming championships yesterday. They beat team-mates in the most heart-stopping races of the night. Phelps broke his own mark in the 200 m butterfly in 1:54.585ec, o.34sec
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      • 489 22  -  by TAN KIM HAN TEAM Singapore saw hell at the National Stadium last night, but the fans were on seventh heaven. For they got what they came for: Goals and more goals from the Red Devils of Manchester United. A David Beckham free-kick special, two typical
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      • 330 22  -  by LIM HAN MING MANCHESTER United will not win the Champions League. That was the opinion of Tanjong Pagar coach Tohari Paijan (left), even after watching the Red Devils thrash Team Singa-pore 8-1 yesterday. He told Streats: “I think Man U lacks the players in terms
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      • 316 23  -  by PETER SIOW IT was raining goals at Kallang last night as the Red I Devils of Manchester United I carried out a carpet bombI ing to finish 8-1 victors. It was certainly a night to remember for the 40,000 plus fans. It was
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      • 127 23 It was good practice for the Singapore team. And it was incredible that Singapore scored one goal. Bryan Woon, 16, student The Red Devils put up a good show. They make football look so simple. And they mean serious business. They were certainly not here on
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    • 240 13 Food, fun, film, on us! I Today r Sultan of Swing/Shanghai Sally's Streats party at Central Mall I Time:6pm-9pm I Free buffet and free drinks from 6pm-9pm I Door gifts and free Streats sticker tattoos I Win return air tickets for two to I Shanghai with accommodation, along with free
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 447 15 itr m ai Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20- FEB 18 Discard the old limits. Create a new model and fill it with fresh energy. Where others would see danger, Aquarius sees only beauty. Move safely through a world that you understand. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 V N Pisces would
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 251 18 The story today... Jiang figures that if he kills Xiao Yuer now and finds his way out later, he would be the most powerful man in the pugilistic world. The amused Xiao Yuer agrees to help him achieve his goal, and that surprises Jiang. But Xiao Yuer knows that Jiang's
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